Exclusion of liability clauses in a contract:...
Posted in Professional Negligence on 13th Sep 2021
When you instruct a professional person to act for you, the Terms and Conditions or Terms of Business of the professional will generally be included in the ‘contract’ between you and that professional.
The contract will outline the obligations of the parties and govern how disputes will be resolved should they arise.
A dispute between a client and their professional can arise for many reasons. A common cause of dispute will be the allegation that the professional provided of negligent advice or undertook a negligent act or omission, which causes...
Was your legal claim struck out due to the...
Posted in Professional Negligence on 1st Sep 2021
You may be able to recover compensation from your solicitor for your lost chance to claim.
A legal claim, defence or counterclaim can be struck out by the Court for many reasons.
One of the most common reasons is a parties’ failure to serve their claim to Court in time.
Those in the legal industry are seeing an increase in the Court’s reporting of claims being struck out due to solicitor’s fault of failing to validly serve a claim form in time. A recent example of this was the case of Qatar Investment And Projects Holding Co & Anor v Phoenix...
Professional Negligence Claims arising from...
Posted in Professional Negligence on 7th Jun 2021
Do you think your divorce was conducted correctly?
Divorce is never a pleasant experience, so when it goes wrong the effects can be devastating.
As with most legal disputes, an element of compromise on both sides is needed in order to reach a settlement. This means that people rarely walk away from a divorce feeling 100% satisfied. However, while that sense of dissatisfaction is in most cases an unavoidable consequence of the divorce process, occasionally the outcome is made worse by the actions of a solicitor or barrister.
In such difficult circumstances,...
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